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Observations of the Sunflower Galaxy (M63)

Other names NGC 5055
UGC 8334
PGC 46153

Object type Galaxy

RA 13h15m

Declination 42°01' N

Constellation Canes Venatici

Further information

Showing all 20 images


2 
0 
NGC5055 M63 Sunflower ...
Nicholas Freeman
Obs 2023 May 09 – 03:51 UTC
Upload 2025 Mar 28 – 16:53 UTC

9 
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Sunflower Galaxy M63
Graham Winstanley
Obs 2025 Mar 20 – 23:16 UTC
Upload 2025 Mar 23 – 20:54 UTC

5 
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Messier 63
Paul Downing
Obs 2018 May 15 – 23:00 UTC
Upload 2024 Mar 10 – 13:52 UTC

4 
0 
M63 Sunflower Galaxy
Simon Paul Davis
Obs 2023 May 24 – 22:30 UTC
Upload 2023 May 29 – 14:30 UTC

3 
0 
M63 Sunflower Galaxy
Carl Frederick Hansen
Obs 2023 May 20 – 01:00 UTC
Upload 2023 May 20 – 12:58 UTC

8 
0 
M63 - The Sunflower Ga...
David Strange
Obs 2023 Feb 24 – 01:40 UTC
Upload 2023 Feb 24 – 10:46 UTC

2 
0 
M63 Sunflower Galaxy
Mark Fairfax
Obs 2022 Apr 30 – 23:49 UTC
Upload 2022 May 03 – 15:06 UTC

3 
0 
M63 Spiral Galaxy in C...
Alan Thomas
Obs 2021 Dec 15 – 04:25 UTC
Upload 2021 Dec 17 – 12:17 UTC

3 
0 
Sunflower Galaxy
Mike Greenhill-Hooper
Obs 2018 Apr 20
Upload 2021 May 17 – 14:23 UTC

9 
0 
M63 Sunflower galaxy
Martina McGovern
Obs 2021 Mar 19 – 22:00 UTC
Upload 2021 Apr 22 – 22:40 UTC

3 
0 
Messier 63
Peter Tickner
Obs 2021 Mar 30 – 12:42 UTC
Upload 2021 Mar 31 – 01:46 UTC

7 
0 
M63 Sunflower Galaxy
Graham Roberts
Obs 2020 Apr 16 – 21:00 UTC
Upload 2020 Jun 03 – 15:00 UTC

4 
0 
4 Messier galaxies in ...
Clive Nanson
Obs 2020 Apr 25 – 22:06 UTC
Upload 2020 May 26 – 17:33 UTC

12 
0 
M63 Sunflower Galaxy
Callum Wingrove
Obs 2020 Apr 24 – 13:15 UTC
Upload 2020 Apr 29 – 13:17 UTC

6 
0 
The Sunflower Galaxy
Dean Ashton OBE
Obs 2020 Apr 23 – 20:30 UTC
Upload 2020 Apr 26 – 09:11 UTC

8 
1 
A galactic Sunflower
Mr John William Hughes
Obs 2020 Apr 11 – 21:00 UTC
Upload 2020 Apr 21 – 08:34 UTC

7 
0 
Sunflower Galaxy
Callum Wingrove
Obs 2019 Jun 07 – 01:00 UTC
Upload 2019 Jun 13 – 22:01 UTC

4 
0 
M63
David Strange
Obs 2019 Jun 06 – 00:30 UTC
Upload 2019 Jun 06 – 11:32 UTC

8 
0 
Messier 63 - the "...
Paul Downing
Obs 2018 May 15 – 22:00 UTC
Upload 2018 May 16 – 12:45 UTC

12 
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Sunflower Galaxy M63
Graham Winstanley
Obs 2017 Apr 20 – 20:12 UTC
Upload 2017 May 28 – 22:09 UTC
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